Social studies - final test - Tea act

How was the tea act created?

Great Britain repealed the Townshend acts but kept the tea tax to show that they still had the right to tax colonists

When was the tea act issued?

1773

How did the colonists reacts to the tea act?

merchants/smugglers opposed because it could've put them out of buisiness

How did the colonists protest the tea act?

December 16 1773; snuck on tea filled ships; dumped out 340 tea chests in Boston harbor; Boston Tea Party

Why was the Act created?

Colonists smuggled/bought several million pounds of tea each year. British East India Company interested. got permission from Britain to sell only their tea in the colonies. Cheap -charged for three cents each

British East India Co.

England's biggest and most important company. had monopoly on tea in the colonies

What was the purpose of the tea act?

Get colonists accoustomed to taxes; save east india company; stop smugglers